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...other California cities. Then it was sold for about $3.5 million to Pacific Western Airlines (PWA), a Canadian carrier based in Calgary. There No. 19921 settled down for 13 years, carrying passengers to such cities as Edmonton and Vancouver, as well as to remote communities in the Canadian Arctic. In 1982 PWA leased the plane to Bahamasair for five months...
...Canadians are also considering a French bid for the submarine contract. The nuclear subs' primary role would be to strengthen the Canadian contribution to NATO's North American defense. They would also put some muscle into Canada's assertion of sovereignty over the main routes through its vast Arctic waters...
...years the story of Matthew Henson has languished as a dusty footnote in history. Henson, an experienced Arctic adventurer, shared with Robert Peary the honor of being the first men to reach the North Pole, on April 9, 1909. Over the decades, however, Peary alone was generally credited as the first man at the Pole, despite the fact that the frostbitten explorer relied on Henson's navigational skills during the final 133-mile trek to the top of the earth. Some historians believe that Henson arrived at the pole 45 minutes before his famous colleague, but was denied credit...
Barry Lopez's Arctic Dreams was the surprise winner of the 1986 American Book Award for nonfiction. This collection of short pieces about the American Southwest, Alaska, endangered wildlife and forgotten cultures is in the same vein. Much of the ground covered is by now well trodden, though Lopez has a light step. He glides over pre-Columbian history, kicking up bits of ornithology, geology and marine biology. His best entry is about beached whales on the Oregon coast and the peculiar behavior these leviathans caused in the local population. The author is a clear and patient observer whose literary...
Call Brita Lind the "Regina Clipper." Her usual trademark is to fly past defensemen with the ferocity of an arctic breeze, leaving opposing goalies helpless...